Zodiac Killer

LOS ANGELES, May 13 (Reuters) - The author of a new book released on Tuesday claims he is the son of the notorious Zodiac killer, an unidentified serial killer who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s. Gary L. Stewart, who penned "The Most Dangerous Animal of All" with journalist Susan Mustafa, discovered items of evidence "that conclusively identify his father as the Zodiac Killer" after he embarked on a journey to find his biological father, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The author of a new book released on Tuesday claims he is the son of the notorious Zodiac killer, an unidentified serial killer who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s. Gary L. Stewart, who penned "The Most Dangerous Animal of All" with journalist Susan Mustafa, discovered items of evidence "that conclusively identify his father as the Zodiac Killer" after he embarked on a journey to find his biological father, publishers Harper...

Even on his days off from working overnights for the Chicago police, John Lewison usually stayed up through the night and slept during the day. It was often early in the morning, after having his fill of CNN, that he turned to a hobby of sorts. Sprawled on a couch in his North Side home in a T-shirt and sweatpants, Lewison tried to unravel a murder mystery that has mystified law enforcement and crime buffs for decades: the identity of the Zodiac killer, who...

Even on his days off from working overnights for the Chicago police, John Lewison usually stayed up through the night and slept during the day. It was often early in the morning, after having his fill of CNN, that he turned to a hobby of sorts. Sprawled on a couch in his North Side home in a T-shirt and sweatpants, Lewison tried to unravel a murder mystery that has mystified law enforcement and crime buffs for decades: the identity of the Zodiac killer, who...

A man who police say is the "Zodiac" killer -- a gunman who fatally shot three people and wounded five others in twin crime waves in the early 1990s--was formally charged with murder and attempted murder Friday. Heriberto Seda, 28, of Brooklyn, was ordered held without bail. Prosecutors said they soon will bring charges against Seda in four other Zodiac crimes: three shootings in Brooklyn between March 1990 and October 1993 and the shooting of a homeless man in Central Park in June 1990.

Zodiac, the hooded serial killer who menaced the San Francisco Bay Area 40 years ago, has so fascinated the public that a major motion picture, books and an array of blogs have been devoted to sifting clues for his identity. Just when you thought every angle had been covered, along comes Deborah Perez, 47, who announced at a raucous sidewalk news conference in San Francisco that Zodiac was her dad and she rode along in his car when he went out to kill. Perez -- a real estate agent who lives in...

When Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo signed on to star in director David Fincher's film "Zodiac," they never thought they'd do real detective work. But Fincher immersed the actors, along with co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Edwards, in the unsolved mystery of the Zodiac Killer case. Claiming responsibility for a series of murders during the 1960s and '70s throughout Northern California, the Zodiac Killer panicked the area. "I think David wanted this movie to be a process of finding out who...

Some puzzles are not meant to be solved: "Kryptos" at CIA headquarters, some of the Zodiac Killer ciphers, the continued appeal of Chris Tucker. After Tuesday, one might include the Notre Dame quarterback derby in that mix, because it's turning inquiring minds into applesauce. No one can name, for certain, the leader in the three-man race. But going against all previous tea-leaf readings, that apparently may include the quarterbacks. Asked on Tuesday if the three competitors know who the front-runner is,...

So was it Arthur Leigh Allen? This is a question that has dogged San Francisco-area law enforcement officials and amateur sleuths alike since a killer calling himself the Zodiac unleashed a still unsolved murder spree that terrorized the Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. And with the release of director David Fincher's based-on-facts drama "Zodiac" -- starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards -- comes the question again. ...

In "The Invasion," the latest (and weakest) of the four official film versions of the Jack Finney novel "The Body Snatchers," Veronica Cartwright shows up as a particularly fraught patient of the psychiatrist played by Nicole Kidman. Fans of the previous screen adaptations smile the second Cartwright comes on screen. Opposite Jeff Goldblum (talk about a well-matched set of google-eyes!) Cartwright takes a major role in director Philip Kaufman's 1978 film "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

A 30-year-old high school dropout was convicted Wednesday in the deadly Zodiac shootings of the early 1990s. A jury deliberated less than a day before convicting Heriberto Seda of murder, attempted murder, assault and weapons charges. He faces a maximum of life in prison when sentenced July 22. "It should be a great relief to anyone who remembers those days that the Zodiac killer has at last been convicted and brought to account for his evil deeds," prosecutor Richard Brown...

So was it Arthur Leigh Allen? This is a question that has dogged San Francisco-area law enforcement officials and amateur sleuths alike since a killer calling himself the Zodiac unleashed a still unsolved murder spree that terrorized the Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. And with the release of director David Fincher's based-on-facts drama "Zodiac" -- starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Edwards -- comes the question again. ...

A reporter (Robert Downey, Jr.), a cop (Mark Ruffalo) and an editorial cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are sucked into the investigation of the Zodiac Killer, who committed a series of murders in California in the '60s and '70s. The film is based on accounts written by the cartoonist, Robert Graysmith. Big question: Can director David Fincher ("Se7en," "Fight Club") bring this unsolved case to life? Catch it: The 2-hour-plus narrative is totally appropriate, as Fincher turns "Zodiac" into a perfectly elongated...

When Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo signed on to star in director David Fincher's film "Zodiac," they never thought they'd do real detective work. But Fincher immersed the actors, along with co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Edwards, in the unsolved mystery of the Zodiac Killer case. Claiming responsibility for a series of murders during the 1960s and '70s throughout Northern California, the Zodiac Killer panicked the area. "I think David wanted this movie to be a process of finding out who...

Some puzzles are not meant to be solved: "Kryptos" at CIA headquarters, some of the Zodiac Killer ciphers, the continued appeal of Chris Tucker. After Tuesday, one might include the Notre Dame quarterback derby in that mix, because it's turning inquiring minds into applesauce. No one can name, for certain, the leader in the three-man race. But going against all previous tea-leaf readings, that apparently may include the quarterbacks. Asked on Tuesday if the three competitors know who the front-runner is,...

A reporter (Robert Downey, Jr.), a cop (Mark Ruffalo) and an editorial cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are sucked into the investigation of the Zodiac Killer, who committed a series of murders in California in the '60s and '70s. The film is based on accounts written by the cartoonist, Robert Graysmith. Big question: Can director David Fincher ("Se7en," "Fight Club") bring this unsolved case to life? Catch it: The 2-hour-plus narrative is totally appropriate, as Fincher turns "Zodiac" into a perfectly elongated...

In "The Invasion," the latest (and weakest) of the four official film versions of the Jack Finney novel "The Body Snatchers," Veronica Cartwright shows up as a particularly fraught patient of the psychiatrist played by Nicole Kidman. Fans of the previous screen adaptations smile the second Cartwright comes on screen. Opposite Jeff Goldblum (talk about a well-matched set of google-eyes!) Cartwright takes a major role in director Philip Kaufman's 1978 film "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

Jake Gyllenhaal's latest film, "Zodiac," tells the story of the Zodiac Killer, who claimed to have committed a series of grisly murders in the 1960s and '70s in Northern California. The crimes still are unsolved, and the Zodiac has never been found. Pretty heavy stuff, huh? To lighten things up, we called upon the Lipstick Mystic, Jennifer Shepherd, who writes RedEye's "Romance Planet" sex horoscope. Shepherd looked at two of Jake's astrological charts to give us some insight into the hot young...